McGill Medal

The McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage honors a working U.S. Journalist whose career has exemplified journalistic courage.

The McGill Fellows, undergraduate and graduate students chosen for academic achievement, practical experience and leadership, make the selection.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2021 McGill Medal. Nomination Deadline is Friday, Oct. 15.

For more information, contact Diane Murray at murrayd@uga.edu

McGill Medal Recipients:

• 2009 – Jerry Mitchell [pdf]• 2010 – Chauncey Bailey [pdf]
    Project reporters:
          Thomas Peele
          Josh Richman
          Mary Fricker
          Bob Butler
• 2011 – Current TV reporters [pdf]
          Laura Ling
          Euna Lee
• 2012 – Rukmini Callimachi [pdf]
• 2013 – Dorothy Parvaz [pdf]
• 2014 – Glenn Greenwald [pdf]
• 2015 – Kathy Gannon [pdf]
      Medal Presentation

• 2016 – Jason Rezaian [pdf]
• 2017 – Daniel Berehulak [pdf]
• 2018 – Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey
       Medal Presentation
• 2019 – Maggie Michael, Maad Al-Zikry and Nariman El-Mofty
       Medal Presentation
• 2020 – Rana Ayyub